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Pope's climate-change stand deepens conservatives' distrusthttp://nj1015.com/popes-climate-change-stand-deepens-conservatives-distrust/
http://nj1015.com/popes-climate-change-stand-deepens-conservatives-distrust/#commentsMon, 19 Jan 2015 15:22:59 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=469311Continue reading…]]>NEW YORK (AP) -- Conservative distrust of Pope Francis, which has been building in the U.S. throughout his pontificate, is reaching a boiling point over his plan to urge action on climate change - and to do so through a document traditionally used for the most important papal teachings.

]]>http://nj1015.com/un-panel-adopts-landmark-climate-report/feed/0Steam and smoke rises from a coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)Studies fault global warming in much of 2013′s wild weatherhttp://nj1015.com/studies-fault-global-warming-in-much-of-2013s-wild-weather/
http://nj1015.com/studies-fault-global-warming-in-much-of-2013s-wild-weather/#commentsMon, 29 Sep 2014 15:17:24 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=438863Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists looking at 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year see the fingerprints of man-made global warming on more than half of them.

]]>http://nj1015.com/studies-fault-global-warming-in-much-of-2013s-wild-weather/feed/0An Indian rickshaw puller sits a top the passenger seat to protect himself during heavy downpour in Allahabad, India in September 2013. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)Obama urges world to follow US lead on climate changehttp://nj1015.com/obama-urges-world-to-follow-us-lead-on-climate-change/
http://nj1015.com/obama-urges-world-to-follow-us-lead-on-climate-change/#commentsTue, 23 Sep 2014 21:43:45 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=436392Continue reading…]]>UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In the first international test for his climate-change strategy, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders Tuesday to follow the United States' lead on the issue, even as a United Nations summit revealed the many obstacles that still stand in the way of wider agreements to reduce heat-trapping pollution.

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-urges-world-to-follow-us-lead-on-climate-change/feed/0President Barack Obama addresses the Climate Summit, at the United Nations Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)POLL: Is climate change naturally happening or man-made?http://nj1015.com/poll-is-climate-change-naturally-occuring-or-man-made/
http://nj1015.com/poll-is-climate-change-naturally-occuring-or-man-made/#commentsMon, 22 Sep 2014 18:58:03 +0000Ray Rossihttp://nj1015.com/?p=435768Continue reading…]]>A quarter million people made it to the city Sunday, marching to raise awareness of man’s contribution to climate change – and how we can alter our lifestyles to be friendlier to the planet.

Ironically enough, despite leaving in their wake a pile of garbage that was left to sanitation crews to clean

]]>http://nj1015.com/poll-is-climate-change-naturally-occuring-or-man-made/feed/0YoutubeClimate change march set for Sundayhttp://nj1015.com/climate-change-march-set-for-sunday/
http://nj1015.com/climate-change-march-set-for-sunday/#commentsFri, 19 Sep 2014 09:20:01 +0000Ilya Hemlinhttp://nj1015.com/?p=434869Continue reading…]]>Hundreds of college students and activists will be rallying in New Jersey against climate change on Sunday morning, before traveling to New York to join the People's Climate March.

]]>http://nj1015.com/kelaher-to-attend-climate-change-summit/feed/0Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher (Dianne DeOliveira, Townsquare Media NJ)Climate change vs. economy [AUDIO]http://nj1015.com/climate-change-vs-economy-audio/
http://nj1015.com/climate-change-vs-economy-audio/#commentsFri, 27 Jun 2014 14:00:49 +0000Dino Flammiahttp://nj1015.com/?p=407410Continue reading…]]>We all know climate change can have an immediate impact on the environment, but New Jersey's economic future is at stake as well, according to a national study led by a Rutgers scientist.

]]>http://nj1015.com/climate-change-vs-economy-audio/feed/0America's Fastest Warming Spots: Northeast, Southwesthttp://nj1015.com/americas-fastest-warming-spots-northeast-southwest/
http://nj1015.com/americas-fastest-warming-spots-northeast-southwest/#commentsWed, 04 Jun 2014 17:41:42 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=399370Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature records shows.

]]>http://nj1015.com/americas-fastest-warming-spots-northeast-southwest/feed/0NOAA satellite image includes the Northeast which, along with the U.S. Southwest, is warming faster than other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)Obama Plan Might Help Boost Climate Talkshttp://nj1015.com/obama-plan-might-help-boost-climate-talks/
http://nj1015.com/obama-plan-might-help-boost-climate-talks/#commentsTue, 03 Jun 2014 11:44:39 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=398845Continue reading…]]>BEIJING (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to curb U.S. greenhouse gas emissions might improve the chances of completing a global climate treaty but is unlikely to defuse demands by China, India and others for Americans to do more.

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-plan-might-help-boost-climate-talks/feed/0Chinese boy cycles past a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China in 2009. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)Local, National Leaders Plan for Climate Effectshttp://nj1015.com/local-national-leaders-plan-for-climate-effects/
http://nj1015.com/local-national-leaders-plan-for-climate-effects/#commentsWed, 11 Dec 2013 02:40:39 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=340303Continue reading…]]>When it comes to climate change, local officials have a message for Washington: Lead or get out of the way.

So when he makes the claim, as he did this past week and in an internet-only ad that, as he points out, that millions will die due to climate change, it opens up the debate as to whether or not climate change is man made, or just a cycle we happen to be going through

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-may-announce-steps-to-combat-climate-change/feed/0President Barack Obama (Getty Images)Obama To Unveil Climate Plan In Tuesday Speech [VIDEO]http://nj1015.com/obama-to-unveil-climate-plan-in-tuesday-speech-video/
http://nj1015.com/obama-to-unveil-climate-plan-in-tuesday-speech-video/#commentsSun, 23 Jun 2013 12:15:17 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=281941Continue reading…]]>Efforts to come to grips with climate change are among the national priorities President Barack Obama has had difficulty advancing, even though he's five months into his second term. Now, Obama says he wants to change that.

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-to-unveil-climate-plan-in-tuesday-speech-video/feed/0President Obama in video previewing climate change address (YouTube)Bloomberg To Discuss Prepping NYC For Warming Worldhttp://nj1015.com/bloomberg-to-discuss-prepping-nyc-for-warming-world/
http://nj1015.com/bloomberg-to-discuss-prepping-nyc-for-warming-world/#commentsTue, 11 Jun 2013 09:31:39 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=276940Continue reading…]]>The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York's future: A city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone that would cover a quarter of the land, and there are as many 90-degree days as is now normal for Birmingham, Ala.

]]>http://nj1015.com/bloomberg-to-discuss-prepping-nyc-for-warming-world/feed/0New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Research Shows Rarity of Global Heat Spikehttp://nj1015.com/research-shows-rarity-of-global-heat-spike/
http://nj1015.com/research-shows-rarity-of-global-heat-spike/#commentsFri, 08 Mar 2013 04:09:36 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=238740Continue reading…]]>A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike.